Telegram-herald., 1887-10-17


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aad eas Iso1 sa.iarsi 2ntll aat purehlssd
al bis sorks. az tAaL time expensive Deyoua
an easy capacity - 0en them, aaa what .
heaven I seut tnrouzn 10 feaalins Als Sever.
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Eaaioss ls IS imFossleie for ne ~ describe,
except b. saying tLat ir gave ne a rapture
fer odd baoxs and an everlasting disgust i0r
ascrsgit or Immoral books that /" a. me
sllla nv immortal soul lasts- All around
the CHURCH ard the world today there are
busy hives Of Intelligence Occupied d authors
ana aatnoresses, from ~ here pens drip . Dis
siIIafi0a whieh Is ths very nectar % heaven,
and ~hy VIII you tnrust your rod OF inqulsi-
tivsa~ss into The deafhful saccharins OF per
dlloni
Stimulating liquids also come into the cate
xory II temptations delicious bat deathful.
You say: Il cannot bear the taste of insoxi-
eating hqu0r, and how any man can Ike It Is
10 me an smazement" Well. then, it Is no
credit % you that you do not taste IL Do
noe 'brag about your total abstinence, be
causs it Is not from any principle that you
reject alcoholism. sut for the same reason
thas you reject certain STYLES Of fOod-yOa
simply don't hike tho taste OF them. But
multirudes OF people have a natural fOndDess
for al kinds Of int0xicsnt. They ike " 50
much that il makes them smack their bps to
look az H. They are dyspeptic, and they
take il % aid digestion, or they are annoyed
by insomnia, and they take lt 70 produce
Sep, or they are troubled. and they take IL
to make them oblivious, or they feel
good aad they must celebrate their
hilarity They begin with mint julep
sucked through two straws on the Long
Branch piazza and end in the ditch,
taking from a Jug a liquid half kerosene and
half whisky. They not only like il, but IL Is an
all consuming passion OF body, mind and soul,
aud after a while have 10 they will. though
one wine glass cost the temporal and eternal
destruction OF themselves, and all their faIni-
lies, and the whole human race. They would
say: Il am sorry it Is going 20 cost me, and
my family. and all the worlds population so
very much, but here it goes 20 my lips, and.
now let il roll over my parched tongue and
down my heated throat, tho sweetest. the
most inspiring, the most rapturous thing
thas ever thrilled mortal or immortal
To cure the habit before it comes 70
its last stages, various plans were tried in
olden times. This plan was recommended in
the books: When a man wanted to reform he
put shot or bullets into the cup or glass OF
strong drink-eos additional shot Or bullet
each Cay, that displaoes so much liquor.
Ballet after bullet, added day by day, OF
course the liquor became less and less until
the bullets would entirely ill up the glass and
there was no room for the liquid, and by that
time it was said the inebriate would be cured.
Whether any one ever was cured in that way
| know not, but long experiment. it is
found that the only way Is to stop short off,
and when a man does that he needs God TO
help him And there have been more cases
the man that be quit forever. and 1 could
count score OF them here today, some of
them pillars in the house Of God
One would suppose that men would take
warning from scsee of the ominous names
given to the intoxitents. and stand off from
the devastating iniuencs. You have noticed,
for instance. that some OF the restaurants are
called The Shades typical Of the fact that
IL puts a mans reputation in the shade, and
his morals in the shade, and his prosperity in
the shade, and his wife and children in the
shade, and his immortal destiny in the shade.
Now. find on some of the liquor signs
ia al our cities the words "Old Crow"
nightly suggestive Of a carcass, and the
filthy raven that swOops upon it. ~Old CrowP
Men and women without numbers slain Of
rum but unburied, sud this evil is pecking at
their glazed eyes. and pecking at their bloated
cheek, and pecking at their destroyed man.
hood and wOmaRhOod, thrusti1g beak and
claw into che mortal remains Of what once
was rloriotrsly alive but now morally dead
"Oid Crown Bat alas, how many take
no warning. They make me think Of
Cesar on bis way 70 assassination. fearing
nothing; though bis statue in the hall crashed
into fragments 81 his feet, and scroll con-
tanning the names Of the conSpirators was
thrust into his hands, yet walking right on 70
meet the dagger that was TO take MS life.
This infatuation Of strong drink Is 50 mighty
in many a man that, though his fortunes ars
crashing. and his health is crashing, and his
domestic interests are crashing. and we hand
him a long scroll containing the names OF
perils that await him, he goes straight on 70
physical. and mental and moral assassination.
In proportion a. any style Of alcoholism Is
pleasant % your taste, and stimulating To
vour nerves. AID for a time delightful TO al
voi,r psvsical ard mental Constitution. is the
peril .wfuL Remember Jonathan and the
forbidden honey ia the woods of Beth-iven-
Furthermore. ths gsmester's indalgencs
must be put % the list of temptations deb
cious but destructive. I have crossed the
os,esn eight times. sni always one Il the best
rooms has from morning TIL late st night
been given up 70 garnbiing prscsices- heard
cf many usn wao went On board with enough
money for Eur5pess excursions who landed
without enough me- ey 10 get their bagEags
~ ta the hotel or raiiroad station To many
tl,ere i a couplete fascination in games q
hszarf or the rlszinx II money ON poeslbis
tea ft ssenas a. uatarsi for them 20 oct ~
20 -es lnse~si. the hsnger for foed Is ofte1
ovarrswsresi with ths hunger for waSers. Al
IN the -sse u Lord Sandwich. = persistent
gambler. vho nos being willing 90 leave the
iice table long enough for tie rskinx Il food
invented preparation q ford that BE eculf
taka without stopping the gsrne-nanleiy.
sics of bsef between rwo slices q brad
waich vas narneSi after Lord Sand vich. i
i ahsurl fer thoSe Il as vbo have never fel
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